Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

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Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth

3.65 AVERAGE

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parra's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

ahoov's review against another edition

3.0
this was gonna be a 3.5 stars but the ending was just so bad. They crammed as many plot twists to get a sequel out of it as Veronica Roth could. it didn’t rly add anything to the YA genre, and had a semi-predictable plot. But it was a nice, easy read, and I don’t think the author ever wrote “mc released a breath they didn’t realize they were holding” so there’s that. I like the world and the concept. Akos’ POV was so boring tho.
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kassy47's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 17%
Not really sure what's going on, something about powers and fate? Too much happening before getting a lay of the land/world building for me personally.

loveisonlyinbooks's review against another edition

3.0
The romance in this book is good, the world building is amazing, the characters are developed, and the story is entertaining. Not the greatest book I've ever read but still up there pretty high. Can't wait to read the second one!
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deficientreads's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aellison's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous challenging sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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xamountofbooks's review against another edition

2.0
I really struggled to get into this. It didn't pick up for me until the halfway point and even then it wasn't enough for me to really enjoy it.

jenlyn4444's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
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mcintyre's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I'm a bit shocked that I liked this, judging by the last Veronica Roth book I read...But this was good! It did feel a bit like a Shatter Me ripoff at times (Cyra and Akos kind of felt like if Juliette and an Adam/Warner mix were given each other's personalities). But the world and plot made up for that. Akos's fate does have me scared for the sequel, though. I'm praying Roth had learned her lesson from Allegiant.

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suzanjackson's review against another edition

3.0
A complicated epic fantasy set in another world by the author of the popular Divergent series. I enjoyed it, though I'm not a big fan of epic fantasies - those who are will like it even more! Here's my full review:

http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2017/10/teenya-review-carve-mark.html